Catechism For The Use Of The Methodist Missions Vol 1 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Popular Sermons on the Catechism, Vol. 1: Faith If it be generally admitted that "the poet is born and not made," the same may be said with hardly less truth of the teacher. In the case of the teacher it is even harder, perhaps, to define in words what the precise quality is which makes the instruction "bite," which presents a new idea with clearness and impresses it indelibly upon the memory. By poetry we are often dazzled and awe-struck. We are overwhelmed by an aptness of phrase or by a metrical skill which impresses us as heaven-inspired and of unapproachable difficulty. But with teaching it is otherwise. The art of the teacher is most effectively displayed when his exposition appears to be the easiest thing in the world. Simplicity of language, lucidity of thought, homely illustration, all play their part, but there is nothing which does not seem to be within the reach of the humblest and least gifted. Ars est celare artem - it is art to hide one's artfulness, but genius has no need to dissemble and it is in the spontaneity of this nuda simplicitas that the inspiration of the born teacher stands revealed. If I affirm, then, that the Catechetical Discourses of Father Bamberg possess something of the touch of genius, it will be readily understood that I do not mean that they are necessarily brilliant in style or that they present any remarkable novelty in substance or treatment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.